More than 80 years ago, in 1930, Matt Dale was laid off from his job as a tile setter and mason. With a family to support at the beginning of the Great Depression, Dale had the immense pressure on him to make ends meet. Dale’s son, William, who had recently graduated high school and was studying as an apprentice learning masonry, was also looking for work. For William J. Dale, it seemed that there were some early formulations of a plan that was laid out for the family’s future. Today, the Dale family is still in the business, and it just opened a state-of-the art facility — Minnesota Tile & Stone (MTS) in Minnetonka, MN — under the Dale Tile Co. umbrella.
To carry the family through the Great Depression, William J. Dale and Matt Dale started earning an income doing masonry work around their neighborhood. Like the rest of the country, the Dales struggled through this period. However, in spite of this, the Dales were able to lay a foundation and establish a growing business. It was in the 1930s that Dale Tile Co. was founded, operating out of the Dale home.